Julie GrollierView profile
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Julie Grollier is a physicist and CNRS director of research at the Albert Fert Laboratory (LAF - Univ. Paris-Saclay/National Centre for Scientific Research, CNRS/Thales). As a specialist in spintronics and artificial intelligence, her research focuses on developing neuromorphic chips that physically reproduce neural networks. Her research interests center on creating energy-efficient neural networks using spintronics. She has pioneered work in creating artificial neurons and neural networks using spintronic components, with her team demonstrating a nano-neuron capable of recognizing spoken numbers from zero to nine. Her current research explores building hardware neural networks that function more like the human brain, with spintronic components communicating via microwaves. 2018 CNRS Silver Medalist 2021 Irène Joliot-Curie Woman Scientist of the Year Julie Grollier leads research within the European RadioSpin program, where her work has significant potential to reduce AI power consumption by factors of 100-1,000. Companies like Thales and Bosch have shown interest in her research for applications in medical diagnosis. She has established an interdisciplinary research group that brings together experts from materials science, electronics, computing, and neuroscience.






